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The Internet activities of Bahraini denizens are being watched very closely by Bahrain's concerned government. (Image Source: "twylah.com")

Australian university instructor deported from Bahrain for Facebook posts

The Bahraini government has been strongly monitoring Internet activity to prevent anti-government sentiment from spreading, even resolving to use a British intelligence company. This did not bode well for Tony Mitchell, an English teach at Bahrain's Polytechnic University. Certain articles and posts on his own personal Facebook account lead to his job dismissal and immediate deportation.

According to Mustapha from Lebanon, the reports on Walid Jumblat accepting money to switch sides is simply untrue. Why? Because for Jumblat it was never about money, but about the winning side, we learned.

"The iron law of Lebanese politics is that Walid Jumblat picks the winning side, not the richer side. Or else he would have never have left the Saudis and Americans in the first place.."

This Saudi-based blogger is loving the abaya (traditional Saudi outer garb for women), particularly the different ways that you customize it. For her, pink is the overall theme of choice. What about you?

On the heels of pop culture-inspired religions such as the Giant Spaghetti Monster and Jediism comes the Church of Kopimism. What is the basic doctrine of this "religion" you ask? File-sharing and copying is a sanctified act. You would think it's a hoax if Sweden hasn't formally recognized it.

"Their holy symbols? Yes, you guessed it: CTRL+C and CTRL+V for the keyboard shortcuts of copy and paste, respectively."